“Updated” Barricaded Man Found Dead in Today’s Standoff with Law Enforcement Now Identified
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, a member of the SWAT team, told KSST News that the individual who barricaded himself from police this morning is apparently dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. Justice of the Peace B J Teer agreed. Teer pronounced the time of death for 55-year old Roger Lane Petty as noon Thursday, September 10, 2015. Teer has ordered an autopsy to be performed by American Forensics of Mesquite. Teer released...
*Updated* Cumby Schools in Lockdown Due to Nearby Standoff
Crisis Over: Click here to see updated story Cumby schools are in lockdown to ensure the safety of their students due to a police matter according to a school spokesperson. The schools were placed in lockdown at 9:30 a.m. Thursday when notified of a police standoff a few blocks away. A warrant service on an individual on Commerce Street in Cumby resulted in the individual barricading himself. Hopkins County Sheriff’s...
Memorial Hospital Joins Project to Improve Breastfeeding Rates
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital is one of 33 Texas hospitals participating in a statewide effort to improve breastfeeding rates. Breastfeeding is one of the most effective preventive health measures for infants and mothers, according to Alma Carter, Program Director for National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ). Carter said, “Despite the many benefits of breastfeeding, only 21.3 percent of Texas mothers...
Chamber Connection – September 10, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection September 10, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Mark your calendars for the 46th Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest-Oct. 24th Stew Cooks: Stew Packets went out this week, so please call us at the Chamber if you did not receive yours. The deadline to claim last year’s site is September 18th. All sites will be up for grabs, Monday, September 21st, so make sure to get your forms in ASAP! Sponsors:...
City Business Office Reopened at Old City Hall
The city of Sulphur Springs Business Office reopened the first thing Wednesday morning at their newly renovated work space at Old City Hall. I talked with City Director of Finance Peter Karstens, who oversaw the renovation project and who has his office at Old City...
Thomas Virgil Morris
A private service for Mr. Thomas Virgil Morris, will be held in Pennsylvania at a later date. Mr. Morris passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He was 89 years old. Arrangements under the direction of Tapp Funeral Home.
Donald Harvey Cross
Funeral service for Donald Harvey Cross, age 67, of Emory, were held Friday morning, Sept. 11, 2015, at 11:00 am, at the First Assembly of God Church. Bro. Montie Parker officiated the funeral, and, Bro. Mike Frazier officiated the committal at the graveside. Donald died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Tyler, at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1947, in Ft. Myers, FL, to Hayward and Margaret Waldron Cross. Donald was...
Hay Production in Hopkins County
Hay production and hay marketing is very common in Hopkins County. According to Texas A&M Agrilife Extension forage specialists while large quantities of hay are sold as small square bales, cow-calf producers primarily use large round bales because they require less labor to store and feed. Most hay for cow-calf production systems is sold on a per-round bale basis and there are two major problems with this. First, buying hay on a...
